At the end of the day, self-described sovereigntists have made an agreement in which Lebanese sovereignty is not a starting principle but rather something that Israel *might* grant Lebanon if it does what they say.
Yes and despite posting Nazi propaganda on a weekly basis, namely Great Replacement content, the ADL and @JGreenblattADL refuse to mention it much less condemn it because Musk supports Israel and pro Israel censorship on this site
Tutto giusto, il thread. Chi lo accusa di ideologia è manifestamente in preda alla più violenta ideologia di oggi: quella secondo la quale chi comanda è sempre innocente, né deve rispettare alcun limite o alcuna legge.
re dworkin, i highly recommend reading "Palestinian Women's Disappearing Act: The Suicide Bomber Through Western Feminist Eyes" by Amal Amireh, in which she breaks down the racist orientalist lens of western feminists andrea dworkin, robin morgan & barbara victor.
aka genocide: By targeting children, Israel is eroding the foundational structure of Palestinian society, weakening the demographic vitality & overall capacity of the Palestinian people to sustain and exercise its right to determine its future as a people https://t.co/N5k2ahRjAC
Cosmetic change has always been the British ruling class's best defence against real change.
The frequency with which this has had to happen (2 Prime Ministers per election cycle), is indicative of the depth of its crisis. The UK has the whole marks of the European interwar period that laid the foundation for fascist rule.
The colonial genocidal boomerang coming back.
Obviously using extreme violence to dominate a population is not unique to US/UK/Isr but what they invented was combining this subjugation and killing regime with high-minded liberal civilizing ideology. Eg killing 20,000 kids is a-ok because “democracy” and gay pride marches
It's a pillar of colonial military doctrine and it's been central to US, UK and zionist ideology for centuries. The only way to maintain dominance of untamed populations is nonstop, extreme and never-ending violence. Again it has better PR now but this is a basic tenet of US FP
Today US/UK/Israel use different euphemisms— “threat deterrence”, “American credibility,” “the Dahiya doctrine”, “crippling sanctions”—but they all speak to a rigid, and paramount, ideological commitment to extreme violence to discipline recalcitrant populations on the periphery.
Yes and imo more people should familiarize themselves with the British empire’s concept of The Moral Effect. Once once understands the centrality of it as a governing ideology within liberal imperialism, the extreme—seemingly counterproductive—violence makes more sense
how racism works: Israel wants you to consider all men (16-60) in South Lebanon potential combatants whose civilian status is doubted after they are killed, AND they want you to mourn/be outraged that four Israeli soldiers enforcing an illegal occupation in S Lebanon were killed
The terms are the terms because the US and Israel took a shot and missed. Now they have to eat shit. That’s the way these things work. That’s it. not everything fits into your middle school “autocrats vs the noble and humanitarian democratic West” cartoon narrative
Trump killed the entirety of Iran’s leadership, attempted to overthrow their govt, failed and is now forced to sign a settlement and MSNBC historians are framing it as an IranGate conspiracy between Iran and Trump. I am losing my mind what universe do you these people occupy??